Shade and curtain bracket.



W. G. KELLER. SHADE AND CURTAIN BRACKET. APPLIOATION FILED 1EB.'I,' 1908.

Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

M Z m WILLIAM G. KELLER,

OF AVON, NEW YORK.

SHADE AND CURTAIN BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. I9, 1909.

Application filed February 7, 1908. Serial No. 414,743.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, YVILLIAM G. KELLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Avon, in the county of Livingston and State of New York, have invented certain new.

and useful Improvements in Shade and Gurtain Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hardware and more particularly to shade and curtain brackets, and has for its object to provide a device of this kind in which both shade and curtain rollers may be held in position above windows, and which, furthermore, may be providedwith means for guiding the shade in its movements, and for preventing the unwinding of the spring within the shade roller by the sudden release of the shade.

Another object is to provide a device embodying these features which may be manufactured from a single length of wire, and which will thus be extremely simple and cheap.

Other objects and advantages will be ap parent from the following description and it will be understood that changes in the specific structure shown and described may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification and in which like numerals in dicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing two of the present brackets used to support both a shade roller and a curtain pole. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the brackets.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a bracket formed of a single piece of wire bent adjacent to one end to form an eye 5, for the reception of an attaching screw 6. This eye is located at the upper end of the straightvertical portion 7 of the wire, and is formed by wrapping part of the wire around this vertical portion as shown at 8. Beyond the wrapping 8, the wire is extended forwardly and horizontally, as

shown at 9, and at the forward end of the horizontal portion, the wire is bent downwardly and inwardly as shown at 10. Intermediate of the ends of the portion 9 of the wire, this portion is bent to form a depending loop 11, arranged to receive the round trunnion 12 of the shade roller 13. Adjacent to the other end of the portion 9, the wire has a downwardly ofiset portion I arranged to form a U-shaped bracket 14, for l the reception of one end port-ion of the curtain pole In the drawings a portion of this curtain pole is shown in dotted lines to disclose the bracket lying therebehind. At the lower and inner end of the portion 10 of the wire, the latter is bent to form a second attaching eye 16, which receives the screw 17, and from this eye, there is an upwardly extending vertical portion 18. This portion 18, lies approximately in alinement with the portion 7 of the wire, and the upper portion of this portion 18 extends behind the lower part of the portion 7 of the wire. As shown in the drawings, the lower part of the portion 7 is turned laterally and horizontally as indicated at 19, and the upper part of the portion 18 of the wire is bent around this portion 19, as shown at 20, and is then extended laterally in parallel, horizontal spaced relation to the portion 19, as shown at 21, there being thus formed two horizontally extending fingers, provided as guides for the reception of the window shade therebetween.

The last described bracket is shown at the right hand end of the shade roller in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and at the opposite end of the shade roller there is shown a bracket formed similarly with the exception of the fact that the trunnion-receiving loop 11 is replaced by a depending convolution 22, which receives the flat end 23 of the spring rod of the shade roller.

By the provision of the guide for the shade roller described in the foregoing, the present bracket is equipped with means for preventing the shade from flying around the roller through sudden release of the shade, as stated in the first portion of the specification, as, should the shade be suddenly released, it would fly up until the stiffening stick 24; comes into contact with fingers 19 and 21, when the movement of the shade is stopped. Furthermore, the guides provide means for insuring the even winding of the shade upon the roller.

lVhat is claimed is 2-- 1. A bracket for shade rollers formed of a single piece of wire, said wire being bent to form attaching eyes and a roller receiving portion, the end portions of said wire being connected, and the extremities of said portions being separated into horizontal parallel relation, for the reception of a shade therebetween.

2. A bracket of the class described cornprising a piece of wire bent to form an attaching eye, the Wire at one side of the attaching eye being turned downwardly and having its extremity turned then laterally, the wire at the opposite side of the eye being turned outwardly and horizontally, and then downwardly and inwardly and then bent to form a second attaching eye, said outwardly extending portion of the wire being bent to form shade roller and curtain pole receiving portions, said wire beyond the second attaching eye being turned upwardly and bent around the laterally extended end portion of the wire, the extrem- 15 of the shade therebetween to form a guide 20 therefor.

Intestimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM G. KELLER.

Witnesses:

EDWARD A. NOBLE, ELMA L. CARTER. 

